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The erasure of saami culture and language by way of forcing the children into boarding schools reminds me of the residential schools founded in Canada in order to stamp out First Nations culture 😔
I am also a Sami. Sad thing is when my class is learning about our people, all the girls are disreapecting our people and all the boyse are speachless.
Somebody's probably already pointed this out, but the modern Sámi flag doesn't represent a drum. It represents a sun-moon symbol that was often depicted on drums. Outside of that minor mistake, this is a top-tier video.
My ancestors were sami and this is such a useful video, my great grandfather passed away before i could really talk to him about our finnish/semi ancestry. I just wish I could have wathed this video with him. I know he would have loved it. Thank you.
This video makes me so sad. I wish all of human race treated nature with respect, and didn't let greed get the better of us. Great video...loved learning about the Sami. Love from India.
@Eric Walls As well as alcoholism, disease, genocide, poverty, erasure of their culture and language, human trafficking, etc. All these has been done to not just the Sami, but also the Ainu of Japan; Native Americans and various other Indigenous Americans throughout North, Central, and South America, the Aboriginal Australians of well Australia, the Maori of New Zealand, etc. If you truly think this bs is good for these people than you're even more moronic than I thought.
Thank you for the video! I'm not Sámi, but I'm studying Sámi studies in the university, and I think this was resonably accurate, and raised many of the most important Sámi issues.
The Sami are not the indigenous people of Norway! Norwegians were already here 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, the Sami came much later, about 2,000 to 2,500 years ago.
Norwegians come from two ethnic groups. one group came to Norway for approx. 12,000 years ago. and the other group came about 5,600 years ago. but the Sami did not arrive until 2000-2500 years ago. and mingled with us. you can just google and you will see.
@@gailism Very different the brooks mountain range separated them completely the inupiaqs spoke a different language but are always called inuits. Theres many different groups do to the size all with there own unique languages and cultures. Do to the horrible atrocities of the boarding schools. almost all of our languages an cultures were destroyed by taking kids over the age of 5 and having the older kids beat the younger kids for speaking there native tounge since we were all oral cultures it just devasted our ability to keep our history alive. They even banned singing and dancing because it was how we memorized and kept our stories throughout the years. We dont even get compensation the "indians" in the lower 48 get 50 grand by age 21. Sorry for the long rant haha just passionate about my ancestors past wish it was known to more people, hopefully theyll make a video on it and teach more people about us.
@@frostyalaska6371 Thank you for sharing! I have met some Inuit Canadians but did not know that there was much difference from Alaskan natives. Natives in Canada went through a very similar experience as the one you described. We had residential schools all across the country until the 1990s that tried to take away language and culture from the native people here. The government even killed sled dogs up north to stop people from moving around. Some people in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon still speak Inuktitut though, and Cree is also widely spoken
This is an exceptionally well put together video, absolutely high quality in all aspects. As a Hungarian with a special fondness for the Sámi people, I shall say: giitu.
Otters are magical. Look at the way they hold onto each other. They show us the importance of community and looking after each other. Otters are great fishers and quite intelligent. Also I did a tiny bit of looking into it and the Sami saw their lives on both the land and on sea as a crossing of two worlds and connected that to shamanistic practice. Some Sami tamed otters to help with fishing. Also they are extremely cute.
I come from a very similar land, Alaska the land of the midnight sun, our native cultures and their histories are very similar, sadly. Have a great day, blessed be.
I particularly enjoyed the visuals this video, they were really well done! Thanks for the content as always, Cogito. There's a great museum section on the Sami in a museum (the Nordiska museum) in Stockholm, for those interested and visiting.
@Kadir Garip on behalf of the people of the land, children of sun and wind, guardians of the reindeer - yes If you want to take the piss, do it properly.
@Kadir Garip since most of us Sámi don't live in Sapmi anymore, we don't call ourselves "people of Sapmi" aka "people of the land" but just simply Sámi people (we're not one "tribe" given our different history, language, Gákti and culture)
10:48 i never knew i would want to marry a voice seriously though all my respect to the saami people and hope that you keep fighting for you culture without any casualty _an amazigh man
it's important to note that "Sámi" as a language encompasses a large range of dialects, which each belong to a unique culture within the larger Sámi one. Northern Sámi is the most stable out of all of them, and is what most Sámi media is made in today
This is so nice. Other history channel's pick apart the Mediterranean but when they get to this part of the world it's like " Then some scary sailors came from here and wrecked stuff, anyway here's wonderwall".
@@grizzlybearkid3265 I think my best effort was checking out the museum of anthropology in Dumaguete. Although even my own folks don't have all the pieces to their own past.
400th like ... and Yes Young Blood Otters are truly amazing ... in some of the tribes of the Iroquois Confederation the story of how soil came to be so the first person could plant the tree of life . The Tuscarora ( the People of the Hemp) tell wonderful stories of the Otter. Part of my family is Scandinavian/Sámi genetically, many blessings upon you for this video.
@@CogitoEdu ok thankyou, they are definitely the highlight on the site, and so fun, take your time and thankyou for all you do, love the origins of peoples and things series,
Thank you for doing this video Cogito, My home of Alaska, unfortunately its natives share a similar history from both the russians and Americans. Good video Cogito and greetings from Anchorage, Alaska.
@@CogitoEdu Thats so cool 😎. Although I believe I've heard of it but it was in elementary school, I think. Sometime when I was a kid. Could you also do a history of Alaska video as well?
The major difference is that the Sami are technically not even indigenous to Europe. They migrated west into northern Scandinavia from Siberia just a couple thousand years ago. Hence why they have Asiatic features. The majority population of Scandinavia today, the Nordic people who are descendants of Vikings, are the indigenous people of the region.
@@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath Same with Indo European groups. IE people came from north caucasus to euro,assimilated entire old european groups.Almost no people of eurasia is actually native to nowhere.
I documented a series of slides covering a research expedition among the Sapmi people for the Bata Shoe Museum a few years back! Glad to learn a bit more about them now. :)
I was very lucky as an Englishman, to have lived with a Sami family on the island of Kvaløya, close to Trømso for 2 years. Really was an amazing experience. I have travelled a lot, but that was the most memorable time.
@SveinJohnnyFedje more like in 800-1100 AD, was Ásatru the native religion of the Goths, Norse, Swedes and Danes, erased via both willing and violent conversions caused by greed.
Just saw this on Nebula, very good - and amusing in a delightfully silly way. 🙃 It's a sad state of affairs that I, as a Swedish citizen from birth, learned more about our indigenous population from an Irishman in a half-hour video on the internet than in 36 years of life. I only really knew they herd reindeer (didn't know they used to hunt), that colonialism went about as well for them as for the natives across the Arctic, that we committed cultural genocide through forced assimilation of their children like Britain/Canada did to the Inuit and First Nations, and the forced sterilisation. And the parliament and TV/radio programmes of course - pretty feeble as reparations go. Like all Christian peoples (I reckon the Christ dude in that word might take issue with that), ours is a history of unbelievable hypocrisy - right up until recent times. We should be teaching this history in schools from a very early age - we are no better than the British, French or Spanish, we too have exploited, persecuted and murdered people on the native lands which we have stolen from them. As we see the precursors to genocide falling into place all over Europe, we need to be teaching about ALL colonialism in EVERY part of the world from the perspective of the colonised here as in all majority-white countries, but we should start at home! I knew very little or next to nothing beyond "they worship nature and stuff", knew about yoik but not its significance, knew there was some sort of shamanistic thing going on, heard of the creation myth. And I love Lapphundar! One of the oldest and most intelligent dog breeds, and total little charmers. They need a ton of exercise and activity though, so I think I'll have to do without their company. Anyway, thanks, great vid.
I have to admit, I first was very sceptic about your video. I always am, when it comes to my people, as sadly a lot usually gets sugar coated, not to offend modern Swedish or Norwegian ears. And although I (surprisingly) widely agree with your video, there is one thing I'd like to add. In Sweden, we're still legally a "foreign minority", so we're not seen as the indigenous people of northern Sweden (at least as a legal status), and sadly also in a lot of people's heads, we're still just "stupid, smelly reindeer herders". But as you said yourself, we Sámi have time on our side, and we know how to wait. Mus lea sáme siellu!
@@charlykatbat4468 don't listen to those people. They are probably from USA trying to divide us more like they did to themselves. You guys are Europeans and natives as much like others. We came from the same hunter gatherers anwyas. We just mixed with different people.
I was born in the UK and just got my maternal DNA results showing the Sami people as my ancestors. I responded on a visceral level to their mythology, drumming and yoiks from this video and intend to explore my roots further. Thank you for such a well-made and contemporary video
Is that possible? Some sami came with the drakkars of vikings in the year 536 AD and settled in Great Britain? And his Dna can still bee traced? It sounds very dubious to me sorry. Perhaps a more prosaic, modern, normal explanation? (your great great grandmoder came from Samni to England as a cook for some rich diplomat who were in Finland? or some simmilar history)
@@antifazisbonifaz6964my results said the same thing and also linked me to great Britain as well. I was confused by this because of how I look and the fact that I was linked to anywhere in between e everywhere else is indigenous Americas and A LOT of places in Africa. This confused me.. especially after researching I couldn't understand the link.. especially looking through family records I'd hoped to find maybe one side of family there and I guess in great Britain but my research was to no avail. This is the first video that has been this good with details so now I understand completely. ❤
That was so educational and interesting! I was aware of the Sami people, I just never new their history. It seems wherever there were indigenous people; European, American, Australian, Canadian and whoever else fits under that umbrella, felt the need to take over and try to obliterate a culture. It is so sad. Especially , when these cultures have so much to offer and add to us as a whole. Thank you for sharing this!
The art, the subject, the educational value on this video was *chef's kisses* Thank you for this video!I had never heard of these indigenous peoples before.
@@CogitoEdu hey, if you don't mind, It would be great for you to make a skillshare class. It could earn you some pocket money, and for people who are starting youtube like me, it would be great to have lessons from the best. Thanks!
Very intressting, so I am from Hungary, our history says, there were two brothers in somewhere in Mongolia, and then they split, one traveled to the north, and became the Sami, the other traveled to Hungary. When the first time a met a Sami, I felt so connected, even I dudnt know, he was a Sami. Because of the colours of the clothes, and the open way we spoke.
This is a wonderful video, I have always wanted to know about the Sámi but I had no idea of the scale of their suffering. Every time I stumble upon some video or article about how some people were massacred and their culture erased in the name of religion and progress, I feel so angry and disgusted that my parents had me baptised and raised as Catholic. I don't care that there are religious people who are horrified by these atrocious things, nothing can remove the metaphorical vomit I feel covered in.
Same thing happened to Finns. One difference is that it happened to Finns much earlier compared to the Sami, when the Swedes launched a supposed crusade to Finland in the 1150s. 2 more "crusades" would happen in the following century, although only the second one out of the 3 was actually sanctioned by the Pope, and many native uprisings as well.
You do know that Christianity did worse to our forefathers the Vikings right? Convert or die was the choice. Most of the Sami and their decedents came hundreds of years after this happened.
My theory for the otters, and looms, and both other animals that live in water and on land, is that water is sacred and even seen as one of the portals to the spiritworld in most north and centraleuropean cultures, . in the late bronze age and in the iron age, sacrifices was made in lakes and creeks, both material objects and human sacrifices, the humen sacrifices became the bogmummies like the egtveds girl, the tollund man and so on.
I'm a saami - Anglo American I wish I was more into my culture mostly I only know my southern culture I grew up in but there's just something about my culture I feel connected to I do love my area and the heat but we had a blizzard here with constant snow for a few weeks it was amazing I wish to visit sapmi one day
I don't think this is going to help decolonization buddy. Decolonization is not happening.Erucentralism is going to stay but the Native cultures ca. Be revived within it.
Scandinavian didn't colonize the land, Scandinavians arrived thousands of years before Sami, the Sami population were pressed into Sweden and Noway about 2000 years ago , the Swedes and Norweigian ancestors came there 12,000 years ago , how early Sami came to Finland i'm not sure but I think it was 3500 years ago the label indigenous is a legal term to protect their culture and language, it does not mean they are native to the land
I had to go to your channel and open this video through your videos tab to get here. I'll leave a comment for the algorithm. Very frustrating I can imagine.
My grandma is from the north of sweden and she and my grandpa visit her hometown every year + the jokkmokk market, i went with them to the north for the first time last year to sarek/hiking trip n I loved it so much❤️ wish i could learn to speak some of the language
I live in north Sweden and we have a preserved old Sámi marketplace here and I work there at Christmas time and it's a beautiful nature reservation🥰❤💜🧡
Been waiting to see you cover this! Love your content, you inspired me to check our Sikhi for a time. Would you consider doing an episode on the Assyrian people, culture, religion, etc? That's another cultural group that I find utterly fascinating.
This culture is so cool! This is the VERY first time that I’ve EVER heard of this culture! I guess I’ve heard of them before from Frozen, but I’ve never k ew of the name of this culture! It’s so sad what colonization has done to this culture and other indigenous cultures around the world! Thank u SO MUCH for enlightening me about the Sami people! ☺️
Well it’s not really a case of colonialism since the Norse(the ancestors of the Norwegian and Swedish) have been there for thousands of years as well it’s more of a case of one powerful group subjugating a weaker group which has happened throughout all of human history doesn’t make it any less bad it’s just not colonialism
@@eionthegod These people are idio ts. They think anyone that lives in a Tipi is "indigenous". Sami are the Colonizers here, they arrived THOUSANDS of years after the Norse. Anyone with even 10 minutes of Anthropoligcal study under their belts knows this
Frankly, it's amazing how we "civilized" people had committed so many typically "barbaric" actions against "barbaric" peoples... While never realizing the utter hypocrisy of our actions. But alas, such is the Human Way, where one person's 'even hand' is not the same as someone else's.
So fascinating! This channel is always really good, but I think this my favorite episode so far. I would have never even heard of these people. And to think, a culture that stayed in complete harmony with the land and animals, and never over hunted or over foraged!
As far as I know Finns robbed and killed Sámi and that's why Sámi moved to north. If I'm wrong and you have some sources I could read or something please let me know I definitely want to know more about our history
@@paikio One thing about us Finns is that we never ever will admit any large scale wrong doings towards any other people group. That's because it messes up our self image as innocent, honest, just people. You see us Finns like to see ourselves as victims of constant oppression (Swedish and Russian oppression), which washes away our own sins. I know little of how much Finns did cruel things to Sami, but I do know about our tendency to see ourselves as pure of evil, especially the evils of European style colonisation and oppressing other peoples. That's one of the Finnish soul's corner stones - the self image of pure innocence in all things bad and cruel.
@@FINNSTIGAT0R that is just how humans are . Only small percentage of humans admit such truths and you should be proud to be one of them . Believe me , even In Africa , some tribes did bad things but they completely deny because they weren't the oppressed ones . Thanks 😊
@@FINNSTIGAT0R Varmaan oot kuunnellu joitain saamelais nationalisteja. Useat tutkijat nykypäivänä kyseenalaistaa väitteet jostain väkivaltaisesta kolonisaatiosta.
Huui buorre! («Well done» in sami, literally «very good».) 👏 One small detail: Many sami have never relied on reindeer as their main staple food; hunting/fishing and gathering was the way of life for all sami, until the black death. Then a lot of us was recruited to settle empty scandinavian farms, so the state could earn taxes. These sami have never been reindeer herders; the same with those of us living in regions where moose or fishing was the most important food source.
really? That's the most confusing thing about the Mappa Mundi? Honestly I couldn't even pick one single thing, maybe a "Top 20" or something like that haha
The parallels of the Sami and the indigenous people of North and South America are striking. Oddly, Christianity seems to be the common denominator in their erasure. Culture after culture Christianity has destroyed. It's heartbreaking. I'm grateful that the Sami are still here to tell their stories of their ancestors, and continue their stewardship of the earth.
It is amazing and beautiful that these peoples learned about and accepted Christianity. They gained access to Heaven. For Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior said that no one comes to the Father except through Him. Accept the Gospel and the Gates of Heaven shall open before you.
@@Ignisan_66 Jesus didn't advocate for cultural genocide. They didn't just accept Christianity, it was forced on them. Btw, if you're so interested in the gospel, you'd know that Jesus wasn't sent for everyone. Only Yahweh's chosen people. Christianity is a scam from the Romans to regain power, and they succeeded. Bravo.
The Sami came and settles on the Scandinavians land. Not the other way around. But yes, Christianity also fucked Scandinavians. Convert or die was the choice. Most Sami settled here in Norway hundreds of years after this and most of the Norwegian population was already brainwashed.
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I am requesting you from a long time please make a video on what is Christianity
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I love your videos and am interested in any future stuff you are involved in.
Mooses might be more fun to say then moose, but meese, beats out them all. Lol
The erasure of saami culture and language by way of forcing the children into boarding schools reminds me of the residential schools founded in Canada in order to stamp out First Nations culture 😔
This also happened where I grew up in southern Appalachia with the Muskogee Creek and Chicamauga Cherokee tribes through the 1950s.
Same thing was happening in Australia with aborigines too, it’s devastating for culture
As Canadian, I agree with that emoji. Settlers back then were evil.
It’s still happening to Uyghur people in China
@@jennyleung7533 bruh they isn’t taught they are put in concentration camps to die
Thank you for making this video and educating the internet about my people. Eatnat áktet!
The Yoik singer was so peaceful.
9:47
As a Sami I found this video surprisingly accurate, and detailed, not that both couldn't have been improved.
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I am also a Sami. Sad thing is when my class is learning about our people, all the girls are disreapecting our people and all the boyse are speachless.
Somebody's probably already pointed this out, but the modern Sámi flag doesn't represent a drum. It represents a sun-moon symbol that was often depicted on drums.
Outside of that minor mistake, this is a top-tier video.
Also the first flag was unofficial.
My ancestors were sami and this is such a useful video, my great grandfather passed away before i could really talk to him about our finnish/semi ancestry. I just wish I could have wathed this video with him. I know he would have loved it.
Thank you.
Mine too, mine died at war in a plane crash.
This video makes me so sad. I wish all of human race treated nature with respect, and didn't let greed get the better of us. Great video...loved learning about the Sami. Love from India.
You guys kill Adivasis in India
@@Provocative-K yes we did, and I wish that didn't happen.
@@shinydas1767 it still happens whyyy
@Giovanni Balbosa-Mc Intosh where are you from
@@shinydas1767 this didn’t age well lmaooooooo
It's heartbreaking what the rich and powerful did to the tapestry of beautiful and diverse cultures of the world.
@Eric Walls As well as alcoholism, disease, genocide, poverty, erasure of their culture and language, human trafficking, etc. All these has been done to not just the Sami, but also the Ainu of Japan; Native Americans and various other Indigenous Americans throughout North, Central, and South America, the Aboriginal Australians of well Australia, the Maori of New Zealand, etc.
If you truly think this bs is good for these people than you're even more moronic than I thought.
Broke: Moose
Woke: Mooses
Ascended: M E E S E
Gods: *_M E E C E_*_-_
Kratos: *_M I I S_*
saami:PORO
Me: M E E Z
Even more ascendeder: meeses
Thank you for the video! I'm not Sámi, but I'm studying Sámi studies in the university, and I think this was resonably accurate, and raised many of the most important Sámi issues.
The state of it
@@pelayo341 What
The Sami are not the indigenous people of Norway! Norwegians were already here 10,000 to 12,000 years ago, the Sami came much later, about 2,000 to 2,500 years ago.
@@luringen947 Lol. Norwegians didn't exist back then. Even Proto-Indo-Europeans didn't exist until 6500 years ago.
Norwegians come from two ethnic groups. one group came to Norway for approx. 12,000 years ago. and the other group came about 5,600 years ago. but the Sami did not arrive until 2000-2500 years ago. and mingled with us. you can just google and you will see.
Please do a video on the Alaskan natives extremely under appreciated culture
Have you seen Molly of Denali
Are they different from Inuit in Canada?
There was a great little game called never alone that followed one of the Alaskan native peoples stories
@@gailism Very different the brooks mountain range separated them completely the inupiaqs spoke a different language but are always called inuits. Theres many different groups do to the size all with there own unique languages and cultures. Do to the horrible atrocities of the boarding schools. almost all of our languages an cultures were destroyed by taking kids over the age of 5 and having the older kids beat the younger kids for speaking there native tounge since we were all oral cultures it just devasted our ability to keep our history alive. They even banned singing and dancing because it was how we memorized and kept our stories throughout the years. We dont even get compensation the "indians" in the lower 48 get 50 grand by age 21. Sorry for the long rant haha just passionate about my ancestors past wish it was known to more people, hopefully theyll make a video on it and teach more people about us.
@@frostyalaska6371 Thank you for sharing! I have met some Inuit Canadians but did not know that there was much difference from Alaskan natives. Natives in Canada went through a very similar experience as the one you described. We had residential schools all across the country until the 1990s that tried to take away language and culture from the native people here. The government even killed sled dogs up north to stop people from moving around. Some people in Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Yukon still speak Inuktitut though, and Cree is also widely spoken
I was just thinking yesterday “what if cogito did a video on the Sami” 😂 thanks cogito!
I sensed it and made this for you : D
@@CogitoEdu Wizard O.O
"I know it's 'moose', but 'mooses' is more fun to say." Not all heroes wear capes. ❤
This is an exceptionally well put together video, absolutely high quality in all aspects. As a Hungarian with a special fondness for the Sámi people, I shall say: giitu.
Yes, we should embrace our real origins than claiming to be Turkic or Iranic. Maybe Orbán is personally a Turkic-Iranic person but Hungarians aren't.
Otters are magical. Look at the way they hold onto each other. They show us the importance of community and looking after each other. Otters are great fishers and quite intelligent. Also I did a tiny bit of looking into it and the Sami saw their lives on both the land and on sea as a crossing of two worlds and connected that to shamanistic practice. Some Sami tamed otters to help with fishing. Also they are extremely cute.
I come from the land of the ice and snow, from the land of the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
I come from a very similar land, Alaska the land of the midnight sun, our native cultures and their histories are very similar, sadly. Have a great day, blessed be.
Too bad all the springs are cold in Sápmi :D
lol. Apparently not too many Led Zepplin fans, on this thread.
@@cheriann6461 apparently not😅
@@jameskosusnik1102 hi I've never met anybody from Alaska. are you of native American descent?
I particularly enjoyed the visuals this video, they were really well done! Thanks for the content as always, Cogito.
There's a great museum section on the Sami in a museum (the Nordiska museum) in Stockholm, for those interested and visiting.
yepp, and some beautiful stolen artifacts, that we Sámi are trying to return to their families.... colonialism...
Charly KatBat owned
@@pelayo341 ?
*A turtle approves of the Sámi people*
And I approve of this turtle
Thanks turtle
On behalf of the Sámi people, giitu =)
@Kadir Garip on behalf of the people of the land, children of sun and wind, guardians of the reindeer - yes
If you want to take the piss, do it properly.
@Kadir Garip since most of us Sámi don't live in Sapmi anymore, we don't call ourselves "people of Sapmi" aka "people of the land" but just simply Sámi people (we're not one "tribe" given our different history, language, Gákti and culture)
I do remember this from Frozen. I am proud that Frozen represents the Sami people as well.
Idk why, But TH-cam isn’t giving me notifications for y'all. Like this is the first upload i've seen since the history of tea.
same problem
@@spongeboblover7052 I got one for this one, but the first one in ages. Since Tea too, pretty sure.
Thanks for letting me know. TH-cam is really bad at telling subscribers about their subscriptions
@Ze Porg done that no dice
Same
10:48 i never knew i would want to marry a voice
seriously though all my respect to the saami people and hope that you keep fighting for you culture without any casualty
_an amazigh man
These videos are something special. Never voyeuristic, just wanting to learn about and respect others. I love it.
it's important to note that "Sámi" as a language encompasses a large range of dialects, which each belong to a unique culture within the larger Sámi one. Northern Sámi is the most stable out of all of them, and is what most Sámi media is made in today
There are 10 recognized languages aswell as the extinct ones spoken in Kemi and Kaiinu, and within each language there are many dialects
This is so nice. Other history channel's pick apart the Mediterranean but when they get to this part of the world it's like " Then some scary sailors came from here and wrecked stuff, anyway here's wonderwall".
Someone watches oversimplified!
I'm thankful for content creators like you. I'm fascinated by indigenous peoples' culture but far too lazy to do the research.
i encourage you to put in the effort! it's the least we can do living in a colonized world
Happy to help people learn about indigenous people. Most people wouldn't bother to even watch a video, so you're not lazy :)
I agree with all of the people, every one liked
@@grizzlybearkid3265 I think my best effort was checking out the museum of anthropology in Dumaguete. Although even my own folks don't have all the pieces to their own past.
@@grizzlybearkid3265 the Sami were not colonised. Nords existed before they did.
400th like ... and Yes Young Blood Otters are truly amazing ... in some of the tribes of the Iroquois Confederation the story of how soil came to be so the first person could plant the tree of life . The Tuscarora ( the People of the Hemp) tell wonderful stories of the Otter. Part of my family is Scandinavian/Sámi genetically, many blessings upon you for this video.
If you are curious about how the Sámi language sounds, Frozen 2 has been dubbed in Sámi! There are videos of it available on youtube
Kristoff is Sami for sure
@@ChantelStays That honestly could be! Makes sense now.
This is the third video on the Sami that I have seen today. With each video I admire them more and more. THANK YOU !
I had a feeling these people would be next.
Fascinating culture
Thankyou so much, whenever you two make a video it really is a gift
Cogito im sorry to ask but no nebula commentary?
The commentaries have stopped for now because we haven't had a good recording space. We're setting something new up at the minute :)
@@CogitoEdu ok thankyou, they are definitely the highlight on the site, and so fun, take your time and thankyou for all you do, love the origins of peoples and things series,
Please do a video on the Iroquois confederacy, they are an amazing people, also loved this video
Thank you for doing this video Cogito, My home of Alaska, unfortunately its natives share a similar history from both the russians and Americans. Good video Cogito and greetings from Anchorage, Alaska.
Interesting fact, the USA imported Sami into Alaska to teach the native Alaskans how to heard reindeer
@@CogitoEdu Thats so cool 😎. Although I believe I've heard of it but it was in elementary school, I think. Sometime when I was a kid. Could you also do a history of Alaska video as well?
@@CogitoEdu also you should try reindeer sausage if you come to alaska Cogito, its amazing
The major difference is that the Sami are technically not even indigenous to Europe. They migrated west into northern Scandinavia from Siberia just a couple thousand years ago. Hence why they have Asiatic features. The majority population of Scandinavia today, the Nordic people who are descendants of Vikings, are the indigenous people of the region.
@@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath Same with Indo European groups. IE people came from north caucasus to euro,assimilated entire old european groups.Almost no people of eurasia is actually native to nowhere.
Your 'Peoples' videos are my favourite.
Anyway, time to listen to some Yoik bangers.
Yoiks bangers are my new favourite genre of music. They make everything sound epic
@@CogitoEdu I was glad you put Keiino in there and Frozen, both my favourite Yoik/Joiks and was glad to see new ones too!
I looked up some more Yoiks o TH-cam. Absolutely beautiful!
Thanks Cogito, for introducing me to a new form of entertainment.
Saami Culture in 9th-19th Century: Stop please!!
Saami Culture in 20th-21st Century: *The Future is now old man*
I documented a series of slides covering a research expedition among the Sapmi people for the Bata Shoe Museum a few years back! Glad to learn a bit more about them now. :)
this is a pretty good introduction to the sami people, its the best english video i have found so far on YT, good work!
I was very lucky as an Englishman, to have lived with a Sami family on the island of Kvaløya, close to Trømso for 2 years. Really was an amazing experience. I have travelled a lot, but that was the most memorable time.
I love Sami people remind me of the Philippines indigenous people called Aeta that have been through so much tough times in there own land😞❤️
I just learnt something new and I will be looking more into this to be educated thank you 🙌🏾
The eradication of Sami culture is a dark spot in the history of Scandinavia.
Blame Christianity. The same was done to Scandinavians between 900-1000bc.
@SveinJohnnyFedje Christianity didn't exist in 1000 bc
@SveinJohnnyFedje more like in 800-1100 AD, was Ásatru the native religion of the Goths, Norse, Swedes and Danes, erased via both willing and violent conversions caused by greed.
I thought I knew about the Sami... but this video was WAY more in-depth than I thought! Learnt loads!
I was so sure yoiks was just Cogito saying yikes in an Irish accent
Wow!
Absolutely fascinating, I had never heard of these people I'm so happy that I found your video this was just so frikkin great!!
Glad you enjoyed!
Just saw this on Nebula, very good - and amusing in a delightfully silly way. 🙃 It's a sad state of affairs that I, as a Swedish citizen from birth, learned more about our indigenous population from an Irishman in a half-hour video on the internet than in 36 years of life. I only really knew they herd reindeer (didn't know they used to hunt), that colonialism went about as well for them as for the natives across the Arctic, that we committed cultural genocide through forced assimilation of their children like Britain/Canada did to the Inuit and First Nations, and the forced sterilisation. And the parliament and TV/radio programmes of course - pretty feeble as reparations go.
Like all Christian peoples (I reckon the Christ dude in that word might take issue with that), ours is a history of unbelievable hypocrisy - right up until recent times. We should be teaching this history in schools from a very early age - we are no better than the British, French or Spanish, we too have exploited, persecuted and murdered people on the native lands which we have stolen from them. As we see the precursors to genocide falling into place all over Europe, we need to be teaching about ALL colonialism in EVERY part of the world from the perspective of the colonised here as in all majority-white countries, but we should start at home!
I knew very little or next to nothing beyond "they worship nature and stuff", knew about yoik but not its significance, knew there was some sort of shamanistic thing going on, heard of the creation myth. And I love Lapphundar! One of the oldest and most intelligent dog breeds, and total little charmers. They need a ton of exercise and activity though, so I think I'll have to do without their company.
Anyway, thanks, great vid.
My family escaped to America in 1898 and I think I understand why now.
I prefer the plurals “ Meece” or “Moosi” for Moose .
Goose - Geese
Moose - Meese
The more you know.
I have to admit, I first was very sceptic about your video. I always am, when it comes to my people, as sadly a lot usually gets sugar coated, not to offend modern Swedish or Norwegian ears. And although I (surprisingly) widely agree with your video, there is one thing I'd like to add. In Sweden, we're still legally a "foreign minority", so we're not seen as the indigenous people of northern Sweden (at least as a legal status), and sadly also in a lot of people's heads, we're still just "stupid, smelly reindeer herders". But as you said yourself, we Sámi have time on our side, and we know how to wait. Mus lea sáme siellu!
Go back to asia
@@pelayo341 Dude, I'm European. Doavki!
@@pelayo341 you do realise that only 20%-15 of the Sami people's dna is of "recent" asian origin.
@@pelayo341 shut up they are European
@@charlykatbat4468 don't listen to those people. They are probably from USA trying to divide us more like they did to themselves. You guys are Europeans and natives as much like others. We came from the same hunter gatherers anwyas. We just mixed with different people.
The Sámi people, send representatives to the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest (DAPP). Which was the largest indigenous protest in North America.
That was a really well done video, I knew a little bit about the Sami but now I feel very educated. Good work
I was born in the UK and just got my maternal DNA results showing the Sami people as my ancestors. I responded on a visceral level to their mythology, drumming and yoiks from this video and intend to explore my roots further. Thank you for such a well-made and contemporary video
Is that possible? Some sami came with the drakkars of vikings in the year 536 AD and settled in Great Britain? And his Dna can still bee traced? It sounds very dubious to me sorry. Perhaps a more prosaic, modern, normal explanation? (your great great grandmoder came from Samni to England as a cook for some rich diplomat who were in Finland? or some simmilar history)
@@antifazisbonifaz6964my results said the same thing and also linked me to great Britain as well. I was confused by this because of how I look and the fact that I was linked to anywhere in between e everywhere else is indigenous Americas and A LOT of places in Africa. This confused me.. especially after researching I couldn't understand the link.. especially looking through family records I'd hoped to find maybe one side of family there and I guess in great Britain but my research was to no avail. This is the first video that has been this good with details so now I understand completely. ❤
@@antifazisbonifaz6964I'm just a mix of the worlds indigenous 🥲
@@eclecticraeen a very good lineage. You should be proud of it. Very remarkable 👍👍👍👏👏👏🙂👌👌
That was so educational and interesting! I was aware of the Sami people, I just never new their history. It seems wherever there were indigenous people; European, American, Australian, Canadian and whoever else fits under that umbrella, felt the need to take over and try to obliterate a culture. It is so sad. Especially , when these cultures have so much to offer and add to us as a whole. Thank you for sharing this!
The art, the subject, the educational value on this video was *chef's kisses* Thank you for this video!I had never heard of these indigenous peoples before.
I just love this video. Funny and very respectful.
i never knew i loved sami culture until now
Wow, they are all beautiful gorgeous animals.
Sami are a protected people here in Sweden. And I for one are very glad they are here ^_^ They are important.
Still a lot of racism in the north
I lived in Hereford and actually got to see the Mappa Mundi. Wonderful experience and I absolutely recommend seeing it in person if you can
Dude you editing is just so good.
Thank you :D
@@CogitoEdu hey, if you don't mind, It would be great for you to make a skillshare class. It could earn you some pocket money, and for people who are starting youtube like me, it would be great to have lessons from the best. Thanks!
Very intressting, so I am from Hungary, our history says, there were two brothers in somewhere in Mongolia, and then they split, one traveled to the north, and became the Sami, the other traveled to Hungary. When the first time a met a Sami, I felt so connected, even I dudnt know, he was a Sami. Because of the colours of the clothes, and the open way we spoke.
This is a wonderful video, I have always wanted to know about the Sámi but I had no idea of the scale of their suffering. Every time I stumble upon some video or article about how some people were massacred and their culture erased in the name of religion and progress, I feel so angry and disgusted that my parents had me baptised and raised as Catholic. I don't care that there are religious people who are horrified by these atrocious things, nothing can remove the metaphorical vomit I feel covered in.
Same thing happened to Finns. One difference is that it happened to Finns much earlier compared to the Sami, when the Swedes launched a supposed crusade to Finland in the 1150s. 2 more "crusades" would happen in the following century, although only the second one out of the 3 was actually sanctioned by the Pope, and many native uprisings as well.
Literally relax. Every major religion, Abrahamic or not, has done this. You're not special.
They are all beautiful gorgeous animals.
A similar video on the Basques is just waiting to be made by this channel.
I'm a norwegian, and I really wish my people treated the sami better than we did.
You do know that Christianity did worse to our forefathers the Vikings right? Convert or die was the choice.
Most of the Sami and their decedents came hundreds of years after this happened.
They seemed so chill. Literally.
Last thing I expected was the thick inner city Dublin accent! Brilliant.
Thanks a million champ!!
My theory for the otters, and looms, and both other animals that live in water and on land, is that water is sacred and even seen as one of the portals to the spiritworld in most north and centraleuropean cultures, . in the late bronze age and in the iron age, sacrifices was made in lakes and creeks, both material objects and human sacrifices, the humen sacrifices became the bogmummies like the egtveds girl, the tollund man and so on.
I'm a saami - Anglo American I wish I was more into my culture mostly I only know my southern culture I grew up in but there's just something about my culture I feel connected to I do love my area and the heat but we had a blizzard here with constant snow for a few weeks it was amazing I wish to visit sapmi one day
Thank you for giving voice to indigenous peoples, movements for decolonization, and challenges Eurocentricism.
I don't think this is going to help decolonization buddy. Decolonization is not happening.Erucentralism is going to stay but the Native cultures ca. Be revived within it.
@@brittanyhayes1043 with a rising China and a further declining USA and Europe, im not sure Eurocentrism will remain dominant
Scandinavian didn't colonize the land, Scandinavians arrived thousands of years before Sami, the Sami population were pressed into Sweden and Noway about 2000 years ago , the Swedes and Norweigian ancestors came there 12,000 years ago , how early Sami came to Finland i'm not sure but I think it was 3500 years ago the label indigenous is a legal term to protect their culture and language, it does not mean they are native to the land
I had to go to your channel and open this video through your videos tab to get here. I'll leave a comment for the algorithm. Very frustrating I can imagine.
Thank you :)
I love my Sami brothers and sisters in Norway
Learning a whole lot on your channel. Things I never knew about
Hail to the otters!
You’re going love the fact that there’s a small village which is called: the otter
My grandma is from the north of sweden and she and my grandpa visit her hometown every year + the jokkmokk market, i went with them to the north for the first time last year to sarek/hiking trip n I loved it so much❤️ wish i could learn to speak some of the language
I live in north Sweden and we have a preserved old Sámi marketplace here and I work there at Christmas time and it's a beautiful nature reservation🥰❤💜🧡
Been waiting to see you cover this! Love your content, you inspired me to check our Sikhi for a time. Would you consider doing an episode on the Assyrian people, culture, religion, etc? That's another cultural group that I find utterly fascinating.
The snowshoe and boot combo at 7:04 is genius
This culture is so cool! This is the VERY first time that I’ve EVER heard of this culture! I guess I’ve heard of them before from Frozen, but I’ve never k ew of the name of this culture! It’s so sad what colonization has done to this culture and other indigenous cultures around the world! Thank u SO MUCH for enlightening me about the Sami people! ☺️
@SpätzlenFoxTea quiet
There white \0/
@@brittanyhayes1043 uh what point are you trying to make?
Well it’s not really a case of colonialism since the Norse(the ancestors of the Norwegian and Swedish) have been there for thousands of years as well it’s more of a case of one powerful group subjugating a weaker group which has happened throughout all of human history doesn’t make it any less bad it’s just not colonialism
@@eionthegod These people are idio ts. They think anyone that lives in a Tipi is "indigenous". Sami are the Colonizers here, they arrived THOUSANDS of years after the Norse. Anyone with even 10 minutes of Anthropoligcal study under their belts knows this
it'd be awesome if you did a video on the inuit next :)
Frankly, it's amazing how we "civilized" people had committed so many typically "barbaric" actions against "barbaric" peoples... While never realizing the utter hypocrisy of our actions.
But alas, such is the Human Way, where one person's 'even hand' is not the same as someone else's.
I am Sami. Thru Greenland into Canada then Boston
So fascinating! This channel is always really good, but I think this my favorite episode so far. I would have never even heard of these people. And to think, a culture that stayed in complete harmony with the land and animals, and never over hunted or over foraged!
The content is wonderfully informative, but hearing you pronounce the “th” sound is why I watch ☺️
Big fan from SW Missouri 🇺🇸
13:02 Finns did not force Sami to move to north, actually. For a large part, Sami people in the south melted into Finns.
As far as I know Finns robbed and killed Sámi and that's why Sámi moved to north. If I'm wrong and you have some sources I could read or something please let me know I definitely want to know more about our history
@@paikio
One thing about us Finns is that we never ever will admit any large scale wrong doings towards any other people group. That's because it messes up our self image as innocent, honest, just people.
You see us Finns like to see ourselves as victims of constant oppression (Swedish and Russian oppression), which washes away our own sins.
I know little of how much Finns did cruel things to Sami, but I do know about our tendency to see ourselves as pure of evil, especially the evils of European style colonisation and oppressing other peoples. That's one of the Finnish soul's corner stones - the self image of pure innocence in all things bad and cruel.
@@FINNSTIGAT0R yeah I know Finns like to ignore everything that's wrong in this country. Funny thing is Finland is still treating Sámi like crap.
@@FINNSTIGAT0R that is just how humans are . Only small percentage of humans admit such truths and you should be proud to be one of them . Believe me , even In Africa , some tribes did bad things but they completely deny because they weren't the oppressed ones . Thanks 😊
@@FINNSTIGAT0R Varmaan oot kuunnellu joitain saamelais nationalisteja. Useat tutkijat nykypäivänä kyseenalaistaa väitteet jostain väkivaltaisesta kolonisaatiosta.
Lol I loved your depiction of "buying wind".
THANK YOU!!!
Beautiful gorgeous animals.
Never this early so thanks again for doing another indigenous culture video!
thats mostly what he dose
@@thewhovianhippo7103 For Indigenous cultures that still exist, my count is 2 of the last 11 (Maori then San).
@@jenelaina5665 well I'm gonna guess you mean small indigenous is small cultures so yes I take back what I said
Hope he dose the Ainu
There are more videos like this on the way :D
So greatully receiving you wisdom xxx
Absolutly beautifull art
Thank you
Huui buorre! («Well done» in sami, literally «very good».) 👏 One small detail: Many sami have never relied on reindeer as their main staple food; hunting/fishing and gathering was the way of life for all sami, until the black death. Then a lot of us was recruited to settle empty scandinavian farms, so the state could earn taxes. These sami have never been reindeer herders; the same with those of us living in regions where moose or fishing was the most important food source.
the most confusing thing to me on the Mappa Mundi is the two fecking Wombles bashing each other with axes, they're just above the Sami skier
really? That's the most confusing thing about the Mappa Mundi? Honestly I couldn't even pick one single thing, maybe a "Top 20" or something like that haha
I'm part karelian, my roots are from Karelian isthmus and i luv sami people.
Mie suvaičen sami.
How did I miss this? I suggested it. 😂 Thank you so much.
No...
Thank *YOU* honey.
👍
I'm Norwegian, and I absolutely love the Sámi.
woah, this wasn't on my youtube notifications. I totally missed it! whats wrong with TH-cam these days?
Yeah!!!!! Always a good day when you upload.💝💞
The parallels of the Sami and the indigenous people of North and South America are striking. Oddly, Christianity seems to be the common denominator in their erasure. Culture after culture Christianity has destroyed. It's heartbreaking. I'm grateful that the Sami are still here to tell their stories of their ancestors, and continue their stewardship of the earth.
It is amazing and beautiful that these peoples learned about and accepted Christianity. They gained access to Heaven. For Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior said that no one comes to the Father except through Him. Accept the Gospel and the Gates of Heaven shall open before you.
@@Ignisan_66 Jesus didn't advocate for cultural genocide. They didn't just accept Christianity, it was forced on them. Btw, if you're so interested in the gospel, you'd know that Jesus wasn't sent for everyone. Only Yahweh's chosen people. Christianity is a scam from the Romans to regain power, and they succeeded. Bravo.
The Sami came and settles on the Scandinavians land. Not the other way around. But yes, Christianity also fucked Scandinavians. Convert or die was the choice. Most Sami settled here in Norway hundreds of years after this and most of the Norwegian population was already brainwashed.
I didn't know about this. Thanks for the info!
The yoik was beautiful
I've been listening to yoiks non stop for weeks now. They sound incredible